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===Relative Clauses=== | ===Relative Clauses=== | ||
Relative clauses are formed, in pretty standard fashion, by using the interrogatives as relative conjunctions. Relative clauses follow the noun they modify. E.g.: | Relative clauses are formed, in pretty standard fashion, by using the interrogatives as relative conjunctions. Relative clauses follow the noun they modify. E.g.: | ||
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|colspan=7| ''[[Contionary: tèku#Modern Standard Imperial|Tèku]] [[Contionary: bagè#Modern Standard Imperial|bagè]], '''[[Contionary: tèla#Modern Standard Imperial|tèla]]''' [[Contionary: reshte#Modern Standard Imperial|reshte]] [[Contionary: go#Modern Standard Imperial|go]] [[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|meu]] [[Contionary: hati#Modern Standard Imperial|hati]] [[Contionary: langa#Modern Standard Imperial|langa]].'' | |||
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| That (one) || (the) dog || is || who || fish || of me || did eat | |||
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| One-that || dog || <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">cop</span> || one-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">rel</span> || fish || of <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">1sg</span> || <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">pst</span> eat | |||
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| ''Tè-ku'' || ''bagè'' || ∅ || ''tè-la'' || ''reshte'' || ''go meu'' || hati langa | |||
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‘That is the dog '''who''' ate my fish.’ | |||
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|colspan=5| ''[[Contionary: seklesh#Modern Standard Imperial|Seklesh]] [[Contionary: kerei#Modern Standard Imperial|kerei]] '''[[Contionary: ngala#Modern Standard Imperial|ngala]]''' [[Contionary: yempath#Modern Standard Imperial|yempath]] [[Contionary: phamba#Modern Standard Imperial|phamba]].'' | |||
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| (The) earth || is-wet || when || the rain || is-falling | |||
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| Earth || wet-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">cop</span> || time-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">rel</span> || rain || fall | |||
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| ''Seklesh'' || ''kera-ei'' || ''nga-la'' || ''yempath'' || ''phamba'' | |||
|} | |||
‘The earth is wet '''when''' it rains.’ |